Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf has won a legal battle with a relative who borrowed nearly one million dollars and then failed to repay it.

The 27 year-old star, who currently appears in controversial new film Nymphomaniac, filed a lawsuit against maternal uncle Barry Saide after he failed to repay the six-figure loan from 2009.

According to the NY Daily News, the original agreement was to be paid back in fifteen installments of $53,333, but this immediately defaulted.

No win situation: Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf has won a legal battle over a relative who borrowed nearly one million dollars and then failed to repay it

Troubled: James Franco recently said that Shia was a 'young man in a very public profession trying to reclaim his public persona'

The acclaimed performer, whose other film credits include I,Robot and New York, I Love You, won the case at the Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.

There, Justice Eileen Bransten rejected Saide's defense that Shia should accept his interest in four
companies instead of the cash.

'The terms of the note are clear and the amount due and owing ... is
forth in the note,' she wrote in official literature concluding the case.

'Defendant has failed to pay a single installment of either principal or interest to me or to any entity controlled by me,' claimed LaBoeuf's suit.

Family drama: This was after the 61-year-old business recruiter loaned the Transformers star and his mother Shayna Saide 'hundreds of thousands' before he was famous

Originally, the judge urged the family to settle out of court, but the parties failed to reach a solution.

But, after the case reached the courthouse, Saide's counter-argument was that he supported Labeouf before he became famous. He also says the loan was required after his employment agency business hit financial hardship.

Now, according to the NY Daily News, Saide will have to pay interest of as much as nine per cent in accordance with the terms of the deal.

He will also be forced to pay legal fees, which are yet to be determined.

The legal win will be good news for Shia, who has endured a mixed twelve months of public embarrassments.

In December he was accused of
stealing the story for a short film he made, entitled HowardCantour.com, and shortly after he appeared on a red carpet with a bag over his head.

His career was launched in 2000 after his Emmy-winning turn on the Disney Channel's Even Stevens.

A spokesperson for Shia LaBeouf has been contacted, but is yet to respond.

Shia garnered particular attention when he arrived at the 'Nymphomaniac: Volume I' film premiere in Berlin